Dyersville, Ia. – Newt Gingrich at a stop here this evening won the official endorsement of this town’s mayor.

Dyersville Mayor James Heavens announced his endorsement for Gingrich as he introduced the former U.S. House Speaker and 2012 presidential candidate at the National Farm Toy Museum

Gingrich, who arrived about 30 minutes late, thanked the mayor for the endorsement and then apologized for being tardy, blaming it on an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.

“Callista and I do want to apologize to all of you for running late,” Gingrich said to a crowd of around 130 people. “We got onto Wolf Blitzer and we couldn’t get off. Literally. We said we have to be done by 4 o’clock and about 4:20 I said we’re walking off if you don’t cut this out. But I’ve seen someone else walk off a show recently and I didn’t want to follow.”